AGuest, bravo, spoken like a true believer.
A "true believer" in what, dear Moshe (peace to you!)? I mean, while many may call/consider themselves "believers" and "Defenders of the Faith," that phrase has differing meanings among such ones. Some believe in and defend... the Bible. Or their faith in the Bible. Some believe in and defend... the scriptures. Or their faith in the scriptures. Some believe in and defend Moses... Paul... or Luke... or Peter... or James... or their faith IN Paul, Luke, Peter, James, et al.
None of these are the case with me, though, dear one. My belief, faith, or defense is in none of these. Not the Bible... or what's in the Bible... or the Bible writers. In my cause I believe in... and defend my faith in... in Christ... and through Christ... in the Most Holy One of Israel, JAH of Armies. Which sometimes calls for me to defend them, yes, as I would anyone that I loved if they're being spoken of unkindly and untruthfully. As anyone with an ounce of loyalty would do. But Christ is the ONLY "truth" that I believe in... though every man... or every Bible... word, page, book, or version... be found a liar. And so, when I share something from the Bible... or anywhere else... as "truth"... it is only because I have heard FROM the Truth... that it is indeed so.
Jesus was indeed tempted, though not tempted like we are obviosuly.
Not quite, dear PSacto (the greatest of love and peace to you, dear one!):
"For we have not a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin."
I think Jesus came here with all the same weaknesses that we have - except without the sin of Adam.
That would seem the case, dear tec (and, of course, the greatest of love and peace to you, dear one) but it's not quite accurate. The ONLY way he could have come without the sin of Adam would been to have NOT come through a woman, but rather, have been made just as Adam was - taken directly from the earth. Mary, however, had Adam's sin in HER, which sin she PASSED on to our Lord... through the vessel of flesh that HE resided in. That is WHY he had to come through a woman... so that he would have OUR flesh... which Adam did not start OUT with:
"Then God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them."
"But when the time had fully come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman , born under the law..."
"How then can man be righteous before God? How can he who is born of woman be clean?"
Our Lord was sent in the manner of sinFUL flesh... not sinLESS flesh (as Adam was BEFORE he sinned). ALL that came through Adam AFTER he sinned came into existence WITH his sin. And our Lord came through Mary. Which is why he referred to himself as "the Son of MAN." He HAD to in ORDER to be tested like us "in all respects."
Finally, I would like to share the following, particularly with those who put their faith in the Bible, in an effort to try and help those who are still wishing, who are still thirsting, who are still asking, who are still SEEKING... to "see" the truth in this matter:
Then came the Feast of Dedication at Jerusalem. It was winter, and [[Jesus]] was in the temple area walking in Solomon's Colonnade. The Jews gathered around him, saying, "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ,tell us plainly."
[Jesus] answered, "I did tell you, but you do not believe. The miracles I do in my Father's name speak for me, but you do not believe because you are not my sheep. My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand. I and the Father are one." Again the Jews picked up stones to stone him, but [[Jesus]] said to them, "I have shown you many great miracles from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?"
"We are not stoning you for any of these," replied the Jews, "but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God."
[Jesus]] answered them, "Is it not written in yourLaw, 'I have said you are gods'? If he called them 'gods,' to whom the Word of God came-and the Scripture cannot be broken- what about the one whom the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world? Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, 'I am God's Son'? Do not believe meunless I do what my Father does. But if I do it, even though you do not believe me, believe the miracles, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father."
And...
After [Jesus] said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: "Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and [Jesus] Christ, whom you have sent. I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work you gave me to do. And now, Father, glorify mein your presencewith the glory I hadwithyou before the world began.
"I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty thatI came from you, and they believed that you sent me. I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours. All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through them. I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, andI am comingtoyou. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name-the name you gave me-so that they may be one as we are one. While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled.
"I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them. I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. Sanctify them by the Truth; your Word is Truth. As you sent meinto the world, I have sent theminto the world. For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.
"My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message,that all of them may be one, Father,just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in usso that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. "Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world. "Righteous Father, though the world does not know you,I know you, and they know that you have sent me. I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for memay be in them andthat I myself may be in them."
The primary job of the first man, Adam, was not to name the animals or cultivate the ground. It was to protect the seed. That was the purpose of the "Garden"... it was to be a place to "sow" such seed. Rather than protect it, he sold it out... for the deal of "knowing good AND bad." And he was duped.
Christ... the second man... stood in Adam's place and did in fact protect that seed while he was here, and then asked our heavenly Father to protect it... by the power of His name. That name... is JAH... of Armies. It is the Name that the Holy One of Israel and Holy Spirit "came in"... JAH eShua. And it is upon THAT name that ALL who call... which be saved.
May those with ears to hear hear... so as to get the sense of these truths. And, of course, may you all... have peace.
YOUR servant, as I am servant to ALL those of the Household of God, Israel, and those who go with... and a slave of Christ,
SA
